Typhus - English meaning
Typhus – definitions in English dictionary
nounAn infectious disease caused by rickettsiae, characterized by a purple rash, headaches, fever, and usually delirium, and historically a cause of high mortality during wars and famines. there are several forms, transmitted by vectors such as lice, ticks, mites, and rat fleas.
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The concentration of so many men and camp followers promoted the outbreaks of cholera, diphtheria, …
nounAn infectious disease caused by organisms carried by lice and causing fever, severe pain in the head, and dark red spots on the body
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Word origin
mid 17th century: modern Latin, from Greek tuphos ‘smoke, stupor’, from tuphein ‘to smoke’.
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